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Example sentences for: deter

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A firm and commensurate response was essential to protect our sovereignty, to send a message to those who engage in state-sponsored terrorism, to deter further violence against our people, and to affirm the expectation of civilized behavior among nations."
Alan Dershowitz argues in a recent book review titled "Crime and Truth" that powerful procedural safeguards for defendants allow some guilty people to go free, but that these procedures are justified to prevent miscarriages of justice and to deter misconduct among police.
By making Starr look like an obsessed Ahab, Clinton and "First Spear Carrier" James Carville (Gigot) hope to taint the investigation and deter Congress from impeaching the president with the independent counsel's wiggy evidence.
It wants to keep prices high enough to ensure profits but low enough to deter the development of new fields.
An article argues that the United States should provide Taiwan with new weapons and military advice in order to deter Chinese expansionism.